NOAA

If anyone had a doubt that Ted Cruz would be a more conservative senator than Kay Bailey Hutchison, we got an example of the difference between the two Texas Republicans yesterday. Cruz voted against the bipartisan “emergency” aid package designed to help the victims of Superstorm Sandy. Last December, Hutchison voted for a similar package. […]
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Rep. Ralph Hall, a Republican from Rockwall, recently wrote a letter to the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, NOAA, criticizing them for attempting to hire someone to perform “experiential exercises, physical energizers, magic tricks, puzzles, brain teasers, word games, humor and team-building exercises,” at a leadership conference as a way to stimulate creativity and practice various skills.
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Federal regulators today formally agreed to step up their collaboration with government scientists in studying the environmental consequences of proposed offshore drilling and renewable energy projects along the nation’s coasts.

The agreement came in the form of a memorandum of understanding inked by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, which formalizes how the two agencies will collaborate on scientific studies and decisions about the outer continental shelf.